VOL. XXXV NO. 36^ ^ ^ ^ KENANSVILLE. N.C. SEPTEMBER 5.1968 ^ PRICE 10? PLUS TAX
Trial
& Error
editorial
"Mrs. Grady, will you please
hate us?" This was the plea,
and I really mean plea, which
came Into my office last week.
1 asked the young lady wh?
was her trouble, and she Im
mediately replied. "These blind
Intersections 1 n KenansviUe."
She further stated that she
worked at National Spinning Co
mpany ?id lived In Beul affile
and that everyday when she had
to enter the main highway 34
and 11 from rural paved road
No. 1301 which goes to both
Reeves Brothers and National
Spinning, her life is in danger.
She said that the shurbbery is
right on the corner and a lar
ge row of trees obstructing the
view and making It necessarvro
get half-way into the road be
fore you could tell whether it is
srfe to enter the highway or
not.
This is not the only danger
ous Intersection in town. The
intersection of Highway 24 Into
Highway 11 is the same, Oie
cannot possible tell whether It
is safe to leave 24 aid enterll
until they get so far in the hi
ghway that they could not pos
sibly make an exit If needed.
Also on the corner of Hi
ghway 11 and the street which
goes behind the Court House,
where Ivey Bowden's store is
located. TVere is plenty of pa
rking space an each slue of the
store, but cars and trucks al
ways park in from of the store,
and a vehicle must get half
way Into the highway before he
can see a safe move.
t
* Street??? 1 don't wish to see
it made Into a one-way street,
butjfparking could be elknl
nateHon one side or the ot
Vieb l Ah etveat ? Jfm nonUru,
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i and passing would be modi
better. Or perhaps parallel
parking on one sloe and diag
onal on die other.
i??peaklng of bad intersections,
wWfc about the one near Fla
son on die short cut to Ral-.
elgh when one corsses the main
road from Clinton to Falson
and enters 55. Have you ever
had the feeling that that was
the end for you? It is a blind
crossing and the weeds are us
ually high also.
The people of Kenans ville can
not do anything about the inter
section in Falson, but we can
correct die conditions in Ken
ans ville. Let's try.
New Doctor For Rose Hill
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6R. G. FRANK OWEN
Rose Hill citizens are being
Introduced this Week, to Dr. G.
Frank Owen, Who has moved
to Rose Hill for the practice
of medicine.
Until moving to Rose Hill,
Dr. Owen had practiced Inter
anl Medicine In Durham aid Is
opening ?i office In Rose Hill
this week for the practice of
General Medicine.
Dr. Owen was graduated from
Wake Forest CoUege, then at
tended the University of North
Carolina Medical School In Ch
apel Hill for two years. He
then took his last two years
of medical training at Jefferson
Medical College In Phila
delphia. Pa., where he received
his MJ). degree.
After completing his intern
ship at Jefferson Medical Sc
hool Hospital in Philadelphia,
he served In the Army Medical
Corps for two years. Dr. Ow
ens residency In Internal Me
dicine was completed in Watts
Hospital in Durham where he
practiced until moving to Rose
Hill.
He is married to the former
Miss Betty Jane Taylor of Po
rtsmouth, Ohio. Dr. aid Mrs.
Owen have three daughters, Na
mely, Susan, who is a Sopho
more at the University of No
rth Carolina at Chapel Hill; J ane
a Junior in Wallace-Rose Hill
High School and Llndsey, an
eighth grader In Rose Hill gr
ammar school. The Owens are
living at the Rose Hill Motel
until a house can be secured.
A new office building is being
erected on Marshall Lane for
his practice and he has open
ed a temporary office for pr
acticing medicine at 603 East
Ridge Extension.
The Owens are members of
the Methodist Church.
The community extends a
warm welcome to the Doctor
and his family.
Employment Service Opens -
Office In Kenansville
The North Carolina Security
Commission announced to
, day the opening of ltaurfflcein
adjacent counties under Man
ager, Ttobert Mooneyham.
BOY SHOT
Jimmy Byrd. 10 year old aon
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v? iwr. aiiu i?rs. n.<-. oyru
of Chinquapin Is in Duplin Ge
neral Hospital where dpctore
report his condition W good
following an accidental shocking
Tuesday afternoon.
-Jimmy, who had earlier sus
tained a broken collar bone,
was o n his way to see Dr.
Redwine at Duplin General Hos
pital. Accompanying Jimmy
were his father and Jimmy Br
adham. Enroute to the doctor's
office Jimmy found a 25 auto
matic pistol. Teruye awldxur
ioslty got the better of Jimmy
and upon examination of the gun,
it discharged. The bullet en
Continned to IS
"The unit composed of ten
persons will provide full em
ployment services to Duplin*
Sampspn, Bladen, Pender wia
jMHs Count its from offices in
comiy. ~
?^?ce and utilities foftheop- <
eratiOn InKenansvllle are being "
provided ft/ the Duplin County?
Bpprd of Commissioners. The
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BEULAVILLE GETS NEW INDUSTRY
Mr. Joseph Lett, President of National Spinning Company, be.
Mr. Joseph Leff, President
of National Spinning Company,
Inc., announced today that Na
tloanl Spinning would begin soon
to construct anew plant location
at Beulaville. North Carolina.
The initial construction will
be approximately 33,000 square
feet designed to manufacture
primarily hosiery yarn.
National Spinning who manu
f actures knitting yams for the
apparel trade has other plant
locations in Washington, Whlte
ville, and Warsaw, North Caro
lina.
"After considering several
areas, our decision to continue
to expand in Eastern North Car
olina was largely influenced by
the cooperative community sup
port we have received here and
the loyal and conscientious peo
ple wno have Decome our em
ployees." Mr. Leff said.
Arthur Kennedy, President of
the Beulavllle Development
Corporation and Milfrod Quinn,
Chairman of the Board, Duplin
Development Commission, ex
pressed their gratification that
National Spinning Company
chose Duplin County for their
first new plant which is des
igned to manufacture hosiery
yarn. Mr. Kennedy said that he
was especially pleased that Be
lli avllle was selected and that
the local people had been very
cooperative in helping secure
a suitable site for this plant.
P.B. Raiford, Executive Di
rector of the Duplin Develop
ment Commission said that Na
tional Spinning is one of North
Carolina's fastest growing
companies and that Duplin Co
unty is very fortunate in having
this fine company located here.
He said their selection of Be
ulavllle as the location of a se
cond plant in the county is a
tribute to the fine people of
the area who are their em
ployees.
The Beulavllle plant will be
erected on a thirty two acre
site on the Cedar Fork road
one-half mile from
the city limits. Foundation bor
ings have been completed and
the property is being surveyed
for the purpose of deed des
cription and to secure neces
sary data for construction of
the building.
National Spinning was founded
in 1920 by Phillip Leff of New
York City who first entered
the yam business in 1917 as a
salesman. His brother, Carl,
joined the business soon after
it began. Under the dynamic
leadership of the Leffs, the Co
mpany has become a leader
in the manufacture and sale of
wool and synthetic yarns for
the sweater, clove and knit fa
bric fields. It came to North
Carolina in 1953 at Washington.
The Whlteville plant was built
a few years later and the War
saw-Kenansville plant started
operation In April 1965. A dye
and finishing plant was built
in Washington recently and the
Beulaville facility will make a
total of five operations inN.C.
It Is anticipated that con
struction will start in October
and that the plant will be in
operation during the early part
of 1969.
In addidtion to Mr. Authur
Kennedy, other members of the
Beulaville Development Cor
poration include William Cut
ler, Vice President; Russell
Bostic Secretary-Treasurer;
Herman Gore, Raleigh Lan
ier, Stephen Smith and Richard
Williams. Mr. Raiford said,
"These men along with the help
of others , contributed consi
derable time and assistance in |
securing this plant."
Waceamaw Announces Appointments
Mr. Phillip Kretsch Jr., vice
president of Waccamaw Bank
ami Trust Company, has an
nounced the appointment of two
new men to the local advisory
board of the Kenansville Office,
Freddie B. Bell and Paul Ed
Dail.
Mr. Bell is general ma
nager of National Spinning Co.
plant in this area. He was
born in Alta Vists, Va.. gradu
ated from Asheboro High Sch
ool and Elon College. Prior
to coming to National Spinning
he was employed by Burlington
Industries.
Mrs. Bell is the former Sara
Cole of Asheboro and they have
two children. They are Bapti
st and reside on Limestone Ro
ad in Kenansvllle.
Mr. Dail is a native of
Kenansvllle and is vice pre
sident of Southeastern Farm
ers Grain Association, Inc. He
was named "outstanding young
farmer of the year" in 1960
by the Kenansvllle Junior Ch
amber of Commerce.
He Is married to the former
Cell a Lanier and they have ,
four children. He is a Meth
odist and a Mason.
Fatal Shooting At Sports Club
Duplin County's Labor Day
Weekend was marred by a fa
tal shooting in the Calico Bay
section near Wallace, Sunday
night.
Earl Bruce Fennell, 39,
colored male of Rt. 1, Box 29B
Wallace died about ten minutes
after arriving at Duplin General
?HII I IIH'Mi??
Hospital In Renansvllle Sunday
night.
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Wells.)
Harry Lee Carr Sentenced
To 20 Years I
A case of wide spread Int
erest heard,.In Duplin County
Superior Court last week was
that o f Harr/Xee Carr, ch
arged with-first degree burg
Jary. Judge Elbert S. Peele
presided,
Carr, through his attorney
Grady Mercer, plead guilty
to two lesser charges and re
ceived a ten year sentence on
feloneously breaking and enter
ing, and entering" a dwelling
house with the intent to com
mit ,a felony, and received Ju
dgment of not less than 10 ye
ars in state prison. The defen- (
dant entered a plea to assault
on ? female with the intent to
coram!tt rape and judgment was
not more man 12 years and not
less than 10 years in state
prison.
Other cases heard included
Roosevelt ALphin, who was ch
arged in two counts of Larceny
ot auto who received a 4 to B
year sentence in state prison.
The. court recommended that
he serve as much of the sen
tence in camp for alcoholics
as necessary and to begin psy
chiatric treatment as may De
indicated. The defendant
through his attorney gave notice
of appeal.
rierDert uorman, cnarged
with assault with a deadly wea
pon with intent to kill, inflic
ting serious bodily injury, but
not resulting in death, plead
guilty to engaging in an affray
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Goldsboro Area Predicted I
By GEORGE JOHNSON
A chance from county to area
status within the next few years
for the Wayne County Agricul
tural F air was predicted last
night by Oland Peele erf Nahun
ta, president of the Wayne Coun
ty Livestock Development As
sociation.
Speaking to 100 directors of
fair exhibits and members of
news media from Eastern North
Carolina at Wayne Center, Peele
outlines the growth of the fair
since It was organized 20years
ago to promote livestock devel
opment In the county. He has
been manager of the fair since
the first one was held In 1949.
"The next five years offers the
greatest opportunities ever for
the fair," Peele said. "1 feel
there will be a real need to
change to an area fair within
this period."
Peele explained thai the trend
toward an area fair already is
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Farmers Cautioned To Certify
ASC Ballot-Envelopes
a ? r <? <
Farmers were reminded
today of a very Important part
of the election process for Ag
ricultural Stabilization and Co
nservation community commit
teemen, especially where ball
ots are mailed to the ASCS
county office. In Duplin Co
unty the deadline for returning
ballots in the community elec
tions is September 20, 1968.
David English,, Manager,
Duplin County AS C S Office, po
ints out that two envelopes will
be mailed with the ballots sent
to all eligible voters of record
in the county office. One enve
lope is plain, and the other has
a statement printed on the back
which the farmer needs to sign.
A witnessed mark will also qu
alify as a signature.
Tne ballot should be marked
,%id sealed inside the plain en
velope; voters are cautioned not
CO enclose any other material.
Also, voters should not write
on the plain envelope. This
assures die secrecy of the vote.
The plain envelope should
then be put inside trie enve
lope with the statement on the
back. This statement is a cer
tification that the ballot was
marked by the faoner perso
nally with undue influence by
any person. The envelope should
then be mailed or otherwise
delivered to the ASCS county
office 1 . ?lti
"Be sure to sign this state
ment on trie DacK oi tne out
side envelope," the Manager
urges. "If It Is not signed,
the ballt will not be con
sidered as a vote."
Classes In
Welding
Classes In beginning and ad
vanced weldine will begin Sep
tember 9 1968, at James Sp
runt Institute. The beginning
welding class will be held each
Monday and Wednesday evening
from 7 to 10 p.m. The advan
ced class will meet each Tu
esday and Thursday evening
from 7 to 10 p.m.
These classes will be held
for eleven weeks in which the
student will receive 2 hours
credit. The cost per student
will be five dollars for tuition
and the necessary tools and
books to be used in
these courses.
Declare Dividend
The Board of Directors of
Southeastern F armers Grain
Cooperative Rt. 1, Warsaw, have
declared a 6 percent dividend
to preferred stock holders as
of May 30th. Payment will be
made as of September 1.1968.
The ainouncement was made by
Mr. L.C. Woodcock, Man?ger.
Football Contest Begins Soon
The Harmon Football Fore
cast, one of the country's most
popular sports features, will
appear. iijkThe Duplin Times
Progress 'Sentinel each waek
during the 1968 football season,
starting September 12, 1968.
In addition to forecasting the
results of some 170 games each
week?as well as the New Ye
ar's Day bowl games--Harmon
will rate the top 20 college
teams in the nation each week
beginning with the forecast for
September 28th. (If applicable:
His American Football League
and National Football League
pro sections will also be pub
lished each week.)
Starting his twelfth year of
football forecasting. Bob Ha
rmon has seen the publication
of his prognostications grow
from three newspapers in 1957
to over 200 newspapers. His
rather fantastic football '"snow
ball" now appears in newspap
ers of all sizes. . .dailies,
weeklies, and college publica
tions. . . in 47 states.
Harmon uses a formula to
arrive at the rating for each
of the more than 650 football
teams that he follows each
fall. The score that is predic
ted is simply the interpolated
difference between the numer
ical rating of one team and the
Announcement
The Kitt and Cora Stroud
Reunion will be held Sunday,
September 8, 1968 at Smith
Community Building in Smith
township, from 10 until 4.
Please bring tea and picnic
basket All relatives are cor
dially invited to come.
numerical rating ot its oppon
ent.
And. though boasting a coll
ege forecasting accuracy equal
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lu inducted
In July
The following registrants
were inducted from Duplin
County in July:
George Eli Carter, Wallace;
Joseph Walter Smith, Warsaw;
Preston June Wright, RFD, Mt.
Olive; John Wesley Mallard,
Rose Hill; Larry Gaston We
stbrook, Albertson; James Mil
ton Albertson. Beulaville; Wil
lie Thomas Barnes, Rose Hill;
Donald Gene Mobley, RFD, Ri
ch lands; Walter Ronald Foss,
RFD , Mt. Olive; Hal Burton
Walker, Albertson.
The induction call for Sep
tember 1968 is for 9 men to
be sent on 20 September.
There will be 37 registrants
sent for physical examination
on 4 September.
The following registrants are
delinquent with this board:
Charles Edward Pickett, Rt.
1, Rose Hill; Alois Hill, Rt.
2, Rose Hill; Benjamin Mo
ore, Beulaville; John Cecil
Carr, Walllace; Andrew Roy
Best, Warsaw; Jerry Thomas
Williams, Warsaw; Percell
Carr, Rt. 1, Magnolia.
Anyone knowing the where
abouts of any of these regis
trants should report it at once
to the office of the local board
in Kenansville.
Minister At Piney Grove
Beulaville - Rev. Ned Sauls
of Snow Hill, and the assistant
to the president of the William
Carter College, Goldsboro, has
been called to the full time
pastorate of the Plney Grove
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist
Church, Beulaville, and
assumed the pastorate of this
historic church on Sunday, Sep
tember 1, 1968.
The 36-year old chergyman
is a graduate of the William
Carter College, having recei
ved his Bachelor of Arts in
Religious Education. He is a
graduate student in the Evan
gelical Theological Seminary,
Goldsboro, where he Is working
toward his master's degree.
Prior to entering the min
istry and the field of education
three years ago, he was fire
chief of the Shine Fire Depart
ment. He has been very active
in the religious, civic, and po
litical life of Greene County.
This will be the first time the
Plney Grove Church has had a
full time pastor. Rev. Sails is
succeeding Dr. Barney W. En
glish, who is vice-president of
the WllliamCarter College, who
will become the full time pas
tor of the Free Gospel Taber
nacle Church at Shine Cross
roads, Greene County.
REV. NED SAULS
Rev. Mr. Sauls Is married to
the former Nell Fields, and they
have three children, two sons
and one daughter.